While buses are not likely to be funded through surplus this year, the council could decide to fund it through its regular budgeting process.

Photo by afagen Both WTOP and the Examiner are reporting that free bus rides in Northern Virginia on Code Red air quality days will be a thing of the past this summer. The Northern Virginia Transportation Commission this week voted to end the program, in place since 1999, that offered free bus rides around Northern Virginia to help reduce vehicle emissions on days of critical air quality. The reason? Duh, it’s too expensive, costing…